[mountainlion]

Yes some did vote but independents and others are left out. If you have the magic decoder ring you may vote in the primary but if you don't bow three times toward Washington DC you can not vote. You can not vote unless you are a registered demoRat or rePUBlican.

[Pikachu_Dad]

No, ‘independents’ are not ‘left out’ - they can vote in their parties primary.

Or they can join a party, if they do it in time, and vote with that political party.

[Pikachu_Dad]

No, ‘independents’ are not ‘left out’ - they can vote in their parties primary.

Or they can join a party, if they do it in time, and vote with that political party.

[etcb]

You can not vote unless you are a registered demoRat or rePUBlican.

Am I wrong or is this not the same way it is in all closed primary states, including New York?

[dmz]

You can not vote unless you are a registered demoRat or rePUBlican.

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Same here in Maryland, if registered as an indy, no primary vote.

Been that way since I was a rookie voter back in 1976.

[discostu]

Which is how it should. Anybody not in the party should not be able to vote on who represents the party in the general. I say this as a person who left the party largely because I’m tired of the bozos they keep coming up with. I decided to switch from always picking “none of the above” to “stop bothering me”.